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    CAW tips?

    Fireheart2010Fireheart2010 Posts: 148 Member
    in The Sims 3 World Builders
    Helloo guys I am attempting to build another world due to the fact I noticed quite a bit of mistakes in my previous world "Cabella Island" does anyone have any tips to offer me when making my own world? Any do's and don'ts? or little hacks? Thank you in advance :)
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    • Rflong7Rflong7 Posts: 36,588 Member
      edited September 2017
      Hi :)

      What problems did you run into in you other world?

      Don't go too big right away.
      If you do use Store stuff, only install what you plan on using. If it's from a world, you don't have to keep the world installed to get the objects.
      Read the Tutorial and the Walk through on the CAW download page. It's good for the basic tools.
      Know how many lots you need and try to keep them under 100.
      *Check out the CAW Faq stickied in the CAW tool section. It has links to many informative pages.
    • Fireheart2010Fireheart2010 Posts: 148 Member
      Hello :) thank you for replying (love your builds btw)

      1. I had waay too many parks
      2. I had forgotten a lot of the rabbit holes
      3. Routing was horrible!
      4. Wrong port lot sizes
      5. Too much open/empty space that wasn't being used.
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    • Fireheart2010Fireheart2010 Posts: 148 Member
      also what do you mean by keep lots under "100"?
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    • Rflong7Rflong7 Posts: 36,588 Member
      edited September 2017
      Thanks :mrgreen:

      100 lots... the game works best in worlds with less than 100 lots. :)
      There are lists with all the rabbit holes. http://sims.wikia.com/wiki/Rabbit_hole

      Routing as in Sims getting Stuck? Or small freezes? or...

      Ports- check out the IP docks in debug mode to measure the size you need. Also, the slope of the land has to be right to place the houseboat dock.
      http://ts3cc.canadian-forum.com/t1614-how-to-add-ports-and-houseboats-to-a-world
    • Fireheart2010Fireheart2010 Posts: 148 Member
      oh ;/ I like worlds with a lot of lots though lol I go a bit over board because I like a lot of sims but I can make more apartment buildings? That would work but I might go a bit over 100 just depending.

      I will for sure go through the rabbit hole list to make sure I got it all

      and no, with routing I Just went over board with it and used non-sim routing on every empty space. It was so bad.
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    • Fireheart2010Fireheart2010 Posts: 148 Member
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      This is what I have so far
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    • peantbutrprincspeantbutrprincs Posts: 22 Member
      I am building at the moment and have done the following

      1. Spreadsheet with progress; lot details (names, addresses, types, value etc), spawners etc, really helpful to make sure you have a range of lot types and values and I will complete this for a new investment table for my neighbourhood like the one on the Wiki, also of course helpful re the spawners. I will compensate for some of these within community lots but i know that all the spawners needed for collecting are within the game.

      2. Very specific layers; I have broken my world into very specific layers

      3. Clean install; I am only concentrating on building the new hood, and have deleted all mods / downloads / caches etc.

      Thanks,
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